vẹo

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See also: veo, véo, and vêo

Vietnamese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Austronesian. Compare Malay ribu (thousand), Eastern Cham ribau, rabau (thousand). Also borrowed from the same source are Bahnar rơbâu (thousand), Koho röböu (hundred thousand).

The meaning in Dictionarium Anamitico-Latinum (1838) is defined as "one million", but in Như Tây nhựt trình (1889), it clearly means "one hundred thousand".

This word seems to be a South Central-Southern item, while the Northern dialects chiefly used ức ().

Numeral

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vẹo ()

  1. (obsolete) a hundred thousand
    Synonym: ức
    một vẹoone hundred thousand

Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

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vẹo (, , 𣍅, 𩬆)

  1. twisted; crooked; deviated; tilted
Derived terms
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